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Gold wire from a foundation deposit
Nubian
Meroitic Period
90–50 B.C.
Object Place: Sudan (Nubia), Meroe, Begarawiyah West, Pyramid XII
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 0.2 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23.793
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Foundation deposits
DescriptionFour rings of wire, bent and twisted, one with square section.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. West, Pyramid 12, foundation deposit, S.E. January 1923: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.